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• How to work with purpose and find your motivation

  Emma meets Anne Marie Purcell, C-Suite Advisor in Transformational Change in Delivery and Transport; Nermeen Latif, Technical Director of Digital Solutions at WSP; and Glen Kelly, Programme Manager at CoStar Live Lab.They discuss finding purpose and meaning in your work. For project professionals, a sense of purpose – that you're doing something not just for the bottom line, but also for the bigger impact that you can have – is where they get their motivation. Listen on for an exploration of what gets project professionals to leap out of bed in the morning. Is it feeling part of a project that leaves the world a better place? Is it about a sense of achievement or fulfilment? Is it working with people? Or is it the challenge of getting stuck into really knotty problems and finding a way around them?Contact: [email protected] 

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• Sustainability starts with you: lessons from the APM Conference 2025

  Sustainability in project management remains a hot topic – but it can be hard to get to grips with. Depending on your specific role and level of seniority, you may feel unable to influence the sustainability of your projects. Perhaps issues like net zero and social inequality feel remote from your day-to-day.In this episode, however, we hear why sustainability isn’t just a top-down directive. It can be driven by project professionals at all levels through small, meaningful actions that influence outcomes and contribute to long-term positive change.This episode brings together some of the highlights from the two-day APM Conference 2025.Super early bird tickets for the 2026 APM Conference are available here.Get in touch: [email protected]

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• Charity sector focus: growing project management’s maturity (and getting stuff done)

  Emma meets Ashleigh Hargrave, Interim Head of Strategy Projects and Management at the King Edward VI Foundation in Birmingham, and David Kitchiner, Head of the Portfolio Office at the RSPB, to find out what it’s like to be leading project management within these two charities, both of which are APM Corporate Partners. They provide a behind-the-scenes look at how project management is woven into the strategic and operational fabric of their organisations. They also give their top tips on project managing in the charity sector and how digital transformation is bringing great benefits.Contact us: [email protected] 

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• The APM President handover: reflections on project trends and future ambitions

  APM CEO Professor Adam Boddison invites outgoing APM President Sue Kershaw and her successor Yvonne Thompson CBE to hand over the baton. Sue shares her reflections on the biggest project management trends over her time in the hotseat, from managing greater project complexity and going from megaprojects to gigaprojects, to being able to deliver on promises and the need for greater connectivity. Yvonne takes the opportunity to set out her ambitious priorities, including focusing on diversity and inclusion, sustainability and AI. How do we prepare today for success tomorrow, she asks. Listen on to find out more. Get in touch: [email protected]

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• National Trust, part 1: Project management at the heart of conservation

  In our three-part series on the National Trust, an APM Corporate Partner, we find out how the charity has brought project management close to its organisational heart. In episode 1, Emma goes behind the scenes at Dyrham Park, a 17th-century mansion near Bath, which recently underwent a multimillion-pound transformation project. She meets Mike Hudson, Head of Strategic Planning, Project and Programme Management at the National Trust, and Senior Project Manager Tim Cambourne, who takes her on a tour of the house. Find out more about APM’s Corporate Partnership Programme at www.apm.org.uk/corporate-partnership-programme  Contact us: [email protected] 

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